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Word-for-word (7)

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literal

'word-for-word' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for literal that I've seen before include "Unimaginative" , "A tiller (anag.)" , "Exact (translation)" , "According to the letter" , "Not figurative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The New York Times and the Universal.
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